Dolby (left) is inducted into the NIHF

Ray Dolby (born January 18, 1933) is the American inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He is the founder and chairman of Dolby Laboratories. Ray Dolby (left) is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. ... Ray Dolby (left) is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Dolby NR is a noise reduction system developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analogue magnetic tape recording. ... Dolby Laboratories, Inc. ...

Dolby was born in Portland, Oregon in 1933 and raised in San Francisco. As a teenager he held part-time and summer jobs at Ampex, working with their first audio tape recorder in 1949. While at Stanford University from 1953–57, Dolby continued at Ampex, working on early prototypes of video cassette recorder technologies for Alexander M. Poniatoff and Charlie Ginsburg. Nickname: Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government  - Mayor Tom Potter Area  - City  145. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Ampex is based in Redwood City, California. ... Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University (or simply Stanford), is a private university located approximately 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco and approximately 20 miles northwest of San José in Stanford, California. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with prototyping. ... The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ... Alexander Matveevich Poniatoff (Александр Матвеевич Понятов) (1892-1980); engineer. ... Charles Ginsburg (1920-1992) was the leader of a research team at Ampex which developed one of the first practical videotape recorders. ...

Dolby received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford in 1957 and subsequently won a Marshall Scholarship for a Ph.D. (1961) in physics from Cambridge University, where he was a Research Fellow at Pembroke College. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ... The official logo of the Marshall Scholarship is a blended image of the US and UK flags. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... The first few hydrogen atom electron orbitals shown as cross-sections with color-coded probability density Physics (Greek: (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the branch of science concerned with the discovery and characterization of universal laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... Full name Pembroke College Motto - Named after Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St Pol Previous names Marie Valence Hall (1347), Pembroke Hall (?), Pembroke College (1856) Established 1347 Sister College(s) Queens College Master Sir Richard Dearlove Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates ~420 Postgraduates ~240 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is a...

After Cambridge, he acted as a technical advisor to the United Nations in India, until 1965, when he returned to England, and founded Dolby Laboratories. That year he officially invented the Dolby Sound System. The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Dolby Laboratories, Inc. ... In music, an invention is a short composition with two or three part counterpoint. ...

In 1997, Dolby was awarded the U.S. National Medal of Technology. In 2004, Dolby was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Dolby is a fellow and past president of the Audio Engineering Society, and a recipient of its Silver and Gold Medal Awards. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Medal of Technology is an honor granted by the President of the United States to inventors and innovators that have made significant contributions to the development of new and important technology. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an organization that honors important inventors from the United States. ... Established in 1948, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) draws its membership from amongst engineers, scientists, manufacturers and other organisations and individuals with an interest or involvement in the professional audio industry. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Standard atomic weight 107. ... GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ... A Medal is a word used for various types of compact objects: a wearable medal awarded by an authority government for services redered, especially to a country (such as Armed force service); strictly speaking this only refers to a medal of coin-like appearance, but informally the word also refers...

External links

• Ray Dolby bio
• Some Musings on Progress in Audio 2002 lecture at Audio Engineering Society, retrieved March 26, 2007
• 2004 Interview With Dolby